Tinos
Sign in to saveTinos ( ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It forms part of the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2021 census population of 8,934 inhabitants.
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Tinos is a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea as part of the Cyclades archipelago, positioned near Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. With a population of 8,934 people as of 2021, it is a relatively small island that represents one of many inhabited islands in this famous Mediterranean island group.
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Key facts
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- Tinos
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- Περιφερειακή ενότητα / ΔήμοςΤήνου
- Greece place.type
- regional unit and municipality
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- Tinos panagia evangelistria 200707 04.jpg
- Greece place.caption_skyline
- Panagia Evangelistria, landmark of the island
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- 2011 Dimos Tinou.png
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- Tinos within the South Aegean
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- South Aegean
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- Tinos (town)
- Greece place.area
- 194.5
- Greece place.population
- 8934
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Administration
- Province
- Climate
- Transportation
- Towns and villages
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- Attribution
- External links
Tinos ( ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It forms part of the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2021 census population of 8,934 inhabitants.
Tinos is famous amongst Greeks for the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, for the island's 80 or so windmills, for about 1,000 artistic dovecotes, for 50 active villages and for the Venetian fortifications on the mountain Exomvourgo. On Tinos, both Greek Orthodox and Catholic populations coexist, and the island is also well known for its sculptors and painters, such as Nikolaos Gysis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras.